2019 National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Wed, Mar 06
|Georgia State Capitol
SisterLove, Inc. joins the U.S. Office on Women's Health in commemorating National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) to show support for women, girls, people of trans experience, gender nonconforming folks, and their families impacted by HIV and AIDS.
Time & Location
Mar 06, 2019, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Georgia State Capitol, Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta, GA 30334, USA
Guests
About the Event
In recognition of the 2019 National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) SisterLove, Inc. is hosting several events to engage people living with and affected by HIV, community members, stakeholders, state legislators in conversation and action surrounding the unique challenges facing women and girls affected by HIV.
We are organizing around the theme of Renewing Georgia's Policy Agenda. While advances have been made in HIV treatment and prevention, many of Georgia's policies have remained behind, particularly in meeting the needs of women and girls. Globally, women account for more than half of the people living with HIV and young women ages 10-24 are twice as likely to acquire HIV as their male counterparts. Here in Georgia, Black women are disproportionately affected by HIV and face intersecting levels of oppression and health burdens.
In advance of NWGHAAD we are holding an advocacy event at the Capitol on March 6th at…